Cog Psych Exam 1

What is the difference between behaviorism and cognitive psychology?

• Behaviorism focuses on internal thoughts while cognitive psychology studies behavior.
• Cognitive psychology emphasizes observable actions and behaviorism studies mental processes.
• Behaviorism and cognitive psychology are identical in their approaches to studying the mind.
• Behaviorism emphasizes observable behavior and conditioning, while cognitive psychology focuses on internal mental processes.

What is the event-related potential technique particularly good at?

• Assessing the overall brain structure.
• Evaluating the chemical composition of brain tissue.
• Detecting long-term memory storage in the brain.
• Measuring the timing of brain responses to stimuli.

What is the difference between top-down processing and bottom-up processing?

• Top-down processing relies on prior knowledge and context, whereas bottom-up processing relies on sensory input.
• Bottom-up processing is based on previous experiences.
• Top-down processing only uses visual information.
• Top-down processing is faster than bottom-up processing.

Which perspective believed psychology should only study observable and objectively described acts?

• Humanistic
• Behaviorism
• Functionalism
• Structuralism

Prosopagnosia is a condition characterized by ______

• difficulty understanding speech
• difficulty recognizing faces
• difficulty remembering names
• difficulty recognizing voices

How many items, on average, can be stored in our working memory at any given time?

• 7 ± 2

• 1 ± 2

• 3 ± 2

• 10 ± 2

Which of the following are the main components of Baddeley's Working Memory model? (select all that apply)

• central executive

• phonological loop

• visuospatial sketchpad

• response threshold

The _____ stream helps us recognize objects visually ("what" pathway).

• lateral
• medial
• ventral
• dorsal

What happens during articulatory suppression?

• Articulatory suppression has no effect on memory processes.
• It involves the physical movement of the mouth without speaking.
• Articulatory suppression enhances verbal memory by improving information recall.
• Articulatory suppression hinders verbal memory by blocking the rehearsal of information.

Which of the following describes dichotic listening?

• A test for measuring sound frequency perception.
• A technique for improving hearing in one ear.
• A task where different sounds are presented to each ear, requiring selective attention.
• A method for memorizing auditory information.

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